Taita Line

Taita Line
A JR Central KiHa 75 series DMU on the Taita Line in March 2015
Overview
Native name	太多線
Status	In operation
Owner	JR Central
Locale	Gifu Prefecture
Termini	Tajimi Mino-Ōta
Stations	8
Service
Type	Regional rail
Operator(s)	JR Central
Rolling stock	KiHa 75 series DMU, KiHa 25 series DMU
History
Opened	1926
Technical
Line length	17.8 km (11.1 mi)
Number of tracks	Entirely single-track
Character	Mostly urban with a few rural areas
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	None
Operating speed	85 km/h (53 mph)
Signalling	Single track automatic closed block
Train protection system	ATS-PT

The Taita Line (太多線, Taita-sen) is a 17.8-kilometer (11.1 mi) railway line in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Tajimi Station in the city of Tajimi via Kani to Mino-Ōta Station in Minokamo. The name of the line includes a kanji from each of the terminal stations.

Operations

During the day, service operates at approximately 30 minute intervals. In addition to trains running between Tajimi and Mino-Ōta Stations, there are also trains that enter the Takayama Main Line and run through to Gifu Station. During weekday morning and evening rush hours and on Saturday mornings, a train serves commuters by going to Nagoya Station.

Stations

No.	Name	Japanese	Distance (km)	Transfers	Location
CI07	Tajimi	多治見	0.0	Chūō Main Line	Tajimi	Gifu
CI06	Koizumi	小泉	3.2
CI05	Nemoto	根本	4.8
CI04	Hime	姫	7.9
CI03	Shimogiri	下切	9.4		Kani
CI02	Kani	可児	12.8	Meitetsu Hiromi Line (Shin Kani)
CI01	Mino Kawai	美濃川合	15.4		Minokamo
CI00	Mino-Ōta	美濃太田	17.8	Takayama Main Line Nagaragawa Railway Etsumi-Nan Line

History

The line traces its origen to the Tōnō (Eastern Mino) line, an 11.9 km (7.4 mi), 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge railway that opened in 1918. The section from Shin-Tajimi to Hiromi Station was nationalized in 1926, named the Taita Line, and regauged to 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), and extended to Mino-Ōta in 1928.

Passenger trains were replaced by DMUs in 1934, and steam locomotives ceased operating on the line in 1969. From 1 April 1987, with the privatization and division of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) into regional companies, the Taita Line became part of JR Central.

CTC signalling was commissioned in 1993.